Who Will Be Microsoft’s Next Online Chief? McAndrews? Miller? BoomTown?
24 Jul 2008 11:22am GMT BoomTown was all busy trying to think of execs to replace Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, as pressure mounts on him to right the troubled Internet company. But now, Yang's position feels safer than ever and it's his nemesis--Microsoft--that needs a new leader for its long-stumbling online services business. Microsoft is already been cracking, according to sources, with a wish list of internal and external candidates that CEO Steve Ballmer is now considering.
Steve Ballmer: Killing Apple and Google With Kindness?
24 Jul 2008 8:48am GMT BoomTown is flatly fascinated by the rather incredible memo Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer penned to his troops yesterday, with news of the reorganization of its massive Platforms and Services Division and the departure of its president, Kevin Johnson. In it, in a very rare public airing of its less-clean laundry, Ballmer actually named Microsoft's two major rivals, Apple and Google, in a somewhat positive light, while still vowing to best them.
MicroHoo Irony: Kevin Johnson Moves In Right Next to Yahoo
24 Jul 2008 7:00am GMT Oh, BoomTown loves a delicious irony. Kevin Johnson--who yesterday announced he was leaving his job as President of Platform and Services Division at Microsoft to become CEO of network infrastructure company, Juniper Networks--was the point person on the software giant's failed bid to acquire Yahoo. Unfortunately, Yahoo's CEO Jerry Yang rejected him and the rest of the Microsoft team over and over again in a very public fashion. But who will be Johnson's most immediate Internet neighbor be...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s Full Memo to the Troops About New Reorg
24 Jul 2008 12:46am GMT Here is the full memo Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent out to the troops about the big changes in its organization, including the departure of Platform and Services Division President Kevin Johnson, in which he addresses Apple, Yahoo, Google and more.
Microsoft’s Latest Web Stumble: Kevin Johnson Out
23 Jul 2008 11:36pm GMT Kevin Johnson, the point person for Microsoft's failed bid to buy Yahoo, is leaving the company to run Juniper Networks. As the president of its Platform and Services Division, the smooth Johnson has been trying, without much success, to beef up the software giant's efforts in the Web space, especially in the online advertising arena.